TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
2023-24 Volunteer Application is now available!
The 2023-2024 volunteer application is now available below. If you would like to continue volunteering at Manhasset Public Library after 6/30/23, the 2023-2024 application must be on file.
Volunteer application for the 2023-2024 school year
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INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
To earn volunteer hours for these options fill out and submit the Independent Volunteer Project Form for each project.
23-24 Independent Volunteer Project Form
>> BOTTLE CAP COLLECTION***
We are collecting bottle caps to create murals for summer reading. You will receive 1 hour for every 20 bottle caps turned into the library. Bottle caps must be in a sealable bag with the students name. The bottle caps must be handed to a librarian in the children’s room or Teen Zone. This opportunity will run from March 1 through April 30. Any bottle caps turned in after April 30 will not be eligible to receive hours.
Due to a larger then expected amount of donations, the bottle cap collection project will now be up to a maximum of 20 hours starting Tuesday, April 16th. Students who have already turned in bottle caps on or before Monday, April 15th will have all donations counted.
>> THE RECYCLING CHALLENGE
Earn community service credit for exchanging aluminum cans and plastic bottles at a bottle exchange center. Every 20 containers exchanged earns you an hour of community service. A maximum of 10 service hours can be earned through this project.
Recycling Challenge Instructions
>> TEEN BOOK REVIEWERS
Write a review on Beanstack, our online book tracker website and app. If you don’t have an account from past summers, create a new one. The book must be published after 2015 and be for ages 13+ or grades 8+. Add books you’ve read and write a review between 100-200 words (500-1200 characters). Include the link to your review on the independent project form. Teens can earn 1 hour per review. Limited to 2 submissions per month. A maximum of 8 hours can be earned through this project.
>>EARTH DAY QUIZZES
Learn about environmental sustainability by taking quizzes on the Earth Day website. Teens can take 1 of two sets of quizzes and then answer a separate questionnaire based on them. To earn credit submit screenshots of your quiz results along with your answers to the questionnaire on the independent project form. 1 service hour will be awarded per set of quizzes. A maximum of 2 hours can be earned.
>>FREE RICE TRIVIA
Log on to freerice.com and create an account. Your account must contain your first and last name. Choose any of the categories to test yourself and earn 10 grains of rice for every correct answer to earn badges. Teens get 1 credit hour for earning the Devoted, Loyal and Farmer badges and 2 credit hours for the Agriculturalist badge. All other badges will not be awarded hours. Upload a screenshot of your badges with your username in the image. A maximum of 5 hours can be earned through this project.
>>LIBRARY MATERIAL REVIEW
Help the library select what books to purchase for our collection. Come into the library and check out a kindle preloaded with ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). Choose one to read and fill out the review form to be submitted no later than 2 weeks after the kindles return. Each submission is 3 credit hours. Teens can submit one review a month up to a maximum of 12 hours. To take out a kindle please fill out the application below. Kindles are in limited supply. If none are available you will be placed on a waitlist. Once contacted you have one week to pick it up.
Registration for Library Material Review.
IN-PERSON TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
All volunteer programs have volunteer in the title. Volunteer application must be on file to sign up for in person volunteer programs.
This month’s IN-PERSON Volunteer Events
VOLUNTEER OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY
The Manhasset Public Library is not responsible for approving Passport for Good hours from the external volunteer opportunities listed below.
The following opportunities are not library sponsored and are offered and maintained by external organizations.
STRENGTH THROUGH SERVICE CAMPAIGNS
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